Here’s a version of Bobby Troup’s “Route 66” you probably haven’t heard — by the recently departed Patti Page.
The YouTube account, maynardcat, apparently is a vinyl record aficionado. He /she said about Page’s recording:
Route 66 by Patti Page from the 1955 Mercury Lp for radio broadcast only titled Blue Dream Street. This Lp has somewhat of a distorted sound, but has some great Patti Page tunes without the overdubbing of her voice that were in so many of her songs. Her singing voice is so much better without the overdubbing.
Page’s links to the actual Route 66 were substantial. She was born in Claremore, Okla., and graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa. Both are on 66.